Hat-pin.



No. 760,141; PATBNTED MAY 17, 1904.,

' A. A. McRAE.

HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED rm. 3, 1904.

NO MODEL.

I Lmm. wAsmumow n c UNITED STATES Patented May 1'7, 190

PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR A. M'GRAE, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO McRAE &KEELER, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, A FIRM.

HAT-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 760,141, dated May 17,1904.

Application filed February 3, 1904. Serial No. 191,878. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. MGRAE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Hat-Pins,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improvementin hat-pins, and moreparticularly to an improvement in the'means for securing the pin-head tothe pin-shank.

In the construction of hat-pins the head has heretofore been secured tothe pin-shank by solder. The use of solder is expensive and detrimentalto good work, as the heat in soldering discolors the finish on the pin.

The object of my invention is to rigidly secure the ornamental head of ahat-pin to the pin-shank without solder.

A further object of my invention is to simplify the construction of anornamental head for hat-pins and the means for securing a jewel in theornamental head, thereby lessening the cost of manufacture.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of ahat-pin whereby the head is rigidly secured to the pin-shank by atransverse rivet and a jewel is secured in the head by a retaining-ringand points on the head bearing on the retaining-ring, as will be morefully set forth hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank forming the head of the hat-pinlooking at the under side. Fig. 2 is a face view of the jewelretainingring. Fig. 3 is a view of the jewel looking at the under side. Fig. 4 isa plan view of the head-blank, showing the jewel and its retaining-ringsecured in the blank by bending points on the blank over theretainingring. Fig. 5 is a vertical view of the completed head formed bybending the arms on the head-blank at right angles. Figs. 6 and 7 aredetail views of the upper end of the pinshank, showing the formation ofthe transverse hole for the rivet. Fig. 8 is a vertical side view of thecompleted hat-pin. Fig. 9

is an enlarged detail sectional View through the head, ewel, retaining-rng, and the polnts on the head bearing on the retalmng-ring; and

Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail sectional View showing the hollow rivetsecuring the head to the pin-shank.

In the drawings, a indicates the pin-shank; 7), the head; 0, the jewel;d. the jewel-retaining ring, and e the rivet. The pin-shank a has theusual pointed end a. The upper end of the pin-shank a has the flattenedportion a with the transverse hole a for the rivet e. The head Z) isstamped from sheet metal to form integral the central ring Z), havingthe inwardly-turned lip 5 the points 6 b and the arms F 6*, in the outerends of which are the holes 6 5' for the rivet e, as shown in Figs. 1and 4.. The head 5 may have an ornamental design, as shown in Figs. 5and 8.

In assembling the parts of my improved hat-pin the jewel 0 is placed inthe central ring "1) of the head-blank, the retaining-ring (Z placed onthe jewel, and the points 6 6 on the head bent over onto theretaining-ring d, firmly holding the jewel in the head between the lip bon the head and the retaining-ring. The arms 6* b of the head are nowbent at right angles into the position shown in Fig. 5. i

This brings the rivet-holes 5" b in the ends of the arms opposite toeach other. The fiattened end a of the pin-shank a is now placed betweenthe ends of the arms 1/ b", the hole a in the pin-shank coinciding withthe holes 6 b in the arms and the head 6 rigidly secured to thepin-shank by the tubular rivet 0 through the holes 71 b in the arms andthe hole a in the pin-shank, as shown in Figs. 8 and 10, thus firmlysecuring the jewel in the head and the head to the pin-shank Withoutsolder.

It is evident that the construction of the head could be varied to giveany shape or design required and that any form of a rivet could be usedto secure the head to the pinshank without materially affecting thespirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention,'I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a hat-pin, the combination of a pinshank havinga pointed end and a flattened end, walls forming a transverse holethrough the flattened end, an ornamental head having a central ring withan inwardly-turned lip, points,

and oppositely-disposed arms formed integral, walls forming transverseholes in the ends of the arms, and means for rigidly securing the headto the pin-shank, consisting of a rivet passing through the hole in thepin-shank and the holes in the arms on the head, as described.

2. In a hat-pin, an ornamental head having a central ring with aninwardly-turned lip, points on the ring, and oppositely-disposed armsall formed integral, means for securing a jewel in the head consistingof an annular ring, the inwardly-turned lip and the points on the head,and means for securing the arms on the head to a pin-shank, asdescribed.

3. In a hat-pin, the combination of the pinshank (1, having the pointedend a and the flattened end a with walls forming the transverse hole athe head 6 stamped from sheet metal to form the central ring 5 havingthe inwardly-turned lip 6 the points 6 I), and the arms Z2 12* in theouter ends of which are walls forming the transverse holes 6 b allformed integral, means for securing a jewel in the head 1) consisting ofthe ring (Z, the lip 6 and the points 6 b on the head, and means forrigidly securing the head 6 to the shank a consisting of the rivet e, asshown and described. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR A. MORAE. Witnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER,Jr.

